GARAGE VIDEOTAPE IS MISSING (USA TODAY)

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SA TODAY
NEW YORK - Investigators
tesday said they are puzzled
er the disappearance of a vid-
tape that may have recorded
hides in the World Trade
Inter garage before it explod-
Friday.
And authorities revealed the
S. Embassy in Algeria re-
ived two threats from the
)pular Front for the Libera-
n of Palestine that it would
)w up a building in New York
late January.
Police Commissioner Ray-
)nd Kelly said authorities be-
ved the threat had passed
ien the second deadline -
n. 26, requiring Israel to al-
v 400 expelled Palestinians to
urn - passed uneventfully.
Meanwhile, New York City
d the Port Authority offered
3200,000 reward for informa-
n leading to the arrest and
uviction of those responsible
the bombing
Authorities cautioned against
dng tpo much of the missing
ieotape: "You could call it pe-
By Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY
ANOTHER SCARE: A port authority employee tells workers at a reopened part of the World Trade
Center complex Tuesday to leave after a bomb threat. Workers later returned to the complex.
culiar," said James Fox, head of A Port Authority employee had been recovered, authorities
the FBI's bureau in New York. has told investigators he may said there is "no -reason to raise
"Incredible, isn't it?" have misplaced it, Fox said. It speculation" that'a brown van
Videotapes were recovered may still be buried. with a stripe may have held the
on Monday for the period from Two garage videotapes al- bomb, as reported on CNN.
Wednesday morning to Thurs- ready reviewed were of mar-, Investigators say they are
day morning, and from Friday ginal quality, though subject to looking at several terrorist
morning to Saturday moring, enhancement, Fox said. groups, including the extremist
Missing a sequence video- Asked what he would tell the Hamas which is opposed to
tape for the period from Thurs- employee, Fox said, "Let's try Middle East peace talks.
day at 8 am. to Friday at 8 a.m., to find it! ... Now!" The investigation is spread-
Hampshire and elsewhere.
Seeking to dampen expecta,
tions of a quick resolution, Fox.
said, "No new dramatic witness:
is going to solve this case for us.
Also on Tuesday-
10, Investigators pulled about
10 cars from the garage and be-
gan vacuuming them inside and:
outside and scraping their un-
dercarriages. If nothing perti-:
nent is found, the cars will be:
returned to their owners.
- Bomb experts said the ex
plosion took place on the B-2'
level below the Vista Hotel in.
the public parking area.
-. The New York City Comp-
troller's office estimated the:
bombing could cost about $700
million in lost business during
the first week after the blast.
- For the second day in a
row, a retaining wall collapsed
near the crater - described as'
200 feet in diameter, extending.
through seven stories. The col
umns previously were supported by the horizontal flooring.
"It is in a dangerous position
now," said Walter Boser, head
of the police bomb squad.
- A part of the complex that
had reopened was evacuated
because of a bomb threat. For
50 minutes, authorities
searched the train station be-
neath the center while fright-.
suspicious package later was
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